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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Vail Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Vail Mills and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Vail Mills:
- 43.050074, -74.217910
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Vail Mills
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Fulton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton County
- Since Vail Mills is near Montgomery County and also Saratoga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saratoga County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Vail Mills
Curious and Interesting Names Near Vail Mills ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Amsterdam
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cranberry Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cranberry Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Creek
- Crescent Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Crescent Park is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Park
- Fish House
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fish House is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish House
- Gloversville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Green Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Green Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Corners
- Hill Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hill Corners is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Corners
- Honeywell Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Honeywell Corners is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeywell Corners
- Progress
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Progress is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Red Bunch Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Red Bunch Corners is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bunch Corners
- Riceville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Riceville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Stairs Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stairs Corners is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stairs Corners
- Tribes Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Union Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Union Mills is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
How Far From Vail Mills to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Vail Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Vail Mills and extending to:
- Johnstown, which is the Seat of Fulton County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 35 miles [56.3 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Vail Mills to Albany, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 322 miles [518.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,608 miles [9,025.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,324 miles [10,177.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,199 miles [6,757.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Vail Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <4> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Vail Mills to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Vail Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0501, Longitude: -74.2179 In this case, the coordinates for Vail Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.80 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.737 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.68 degrees. |
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